12 arrested in prostitution sting in Laurel

Twelve men were arrested in a prostitution sting on Route 1 in Laurel, part of an ongoing effort to crackdown on the sex trade on the busy strip, Howard County police said.

Female officers in plain clothes worked undercover last Thursday in areas where residents have complained of prostitution, police said. When men approached the officers and offered money for sex, they were arrested, police said.

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